Jul 05
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Adam Comments: The men being attacked by the sinister tentacle are not, in fact, wearing white leotards. They are covered in a fine white-haired pelt. I’m not sure who in the chain of events leading to the publishing of this book was taking copious amounts of drugs.
Published 1983

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Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • David Mattingly • dude • font problems • Jack L. Chalker • monsters • mountains • snow and ice • strange creature • sword • tentacles
Jun 30
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Dorian’s Art Direction: What do you mean, there are no scantily clad women in the story? No werewolf? No heaps of treasure? No weird monster consisting entirely of teeth and wings? Ah, who cares? No-one ever looks at these things anyway.
Published 1993

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Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • damsel • font problems • Harry Turtledove • monsters • Stephen Hickman • strange creature
Jun 14
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E Comments: According to my husband, his dog chewed up the cover of this book. I think the dog was making a statement. Like why the hell are those people sitting in a hollowed-out asteroid?
Published 1984

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • daemons • damsel • dude • fire • hair on fire • Lyndon Hardy • magic • monsters • people with hooves • Rowena Morrill • Satan • strange creature • wings • WTF
Apr 07
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MisterBoB Comments: Know anyone with a eagle tattoo on their chest?
Published 1990
A special thanks to MisterBob,
who has sent us enough covers to keep the site going for the next year or so!

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Tagged with: alien city • Bantam Books • bracers • dude • frickin laser beams • gun • Jim Burns • loincloth • monsters • mullet • muscles • R.A. MacAvoy • robes • tattoo you
Apr 06
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Richard P Comments: Gary was beginning to regret that he’d neglected his garden.
Published 1966
And on the other side –
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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • Frank Freas • gun • Harry Schaar • Howard L. Cory • lizards • monsters • Philip K. Dick
Mar 15
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Chuck’s Art Direction: As for the baby I want you to base it on this photo of my own. Also, can make the skeleton smile lovingly? Oh! Make it one of those bumpy covers too, I just love those!
Published 1987
Thanks to the Chuck!

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Tagged with: evil • evil children • Kensington Publishing • monsters • Patricia Wallace • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF • Zebra Books
Mar 09
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Dorian’s Art Direction: Kali, eh? Goddess of death and destruction? It’s not exactly…well, friendly, now is it? I tell you what. Make the cover pink. Bright pink. That’ll be more…cosy, like.
Published 2008
Many thanks to Dorian!

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Tagged with: Dan Simmons • evil • Gollancz Books • monsters • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Feb 18
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Christal Comments: This is what happens when you let your artist take Acid and then read Lewis Carroll.
Published 1969
Ending the week with more… romantic… literature!
Many thanks to Christal!

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Ballantine Fantasy • cat people • damsel • evil • Fletcher Pratt • L. Sprague De Camp • Lin Carter • magic • monsters • Poul Anderson • Ron Walotsky • strange creature • WTF
Feb 11
This covers have all been sent in by River and I thought they might all make an excellent mega post. Thanks very much to River who has also provided some information about each!
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Contains 100 short stories by Hungarian authors.
Published 2003
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This third hardcover reissue contains two novels written by a Hungarian author under English pseudonym. Writing fantasy and science fiction stories under English pen names was very popular in the 90s. And many readers really thought that these writers are from abroad.
Published 1999
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Translating the Hungarian title to English was also a strange tradition in these books just like the English pen names for Hungarian writers. You can read inside that, A szellemlt, means, The Spiritseer. Hardcover.
Published 2005
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j Galaxis is a science fiction magazine published twice a year in Hungary. Guess which years product is this one. 1988? You slipped twenty years. This issue is only three years old.
Published 2008

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • cloaks • daemons • dragon • dude • evil • font problems • magic • MEGA POST • monsters • muscles • robots • sword • Unknown Artist Institute • unknown publisher • vampire • vampires • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Jan 31
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Christal’s Art Direction: Let’s go for Evil Dead 3, only we’ll place it on The Grid from Tron and give the monsters laser guns! Oh and this time no boomstick, it gave him an unfair advantage.
Published 1984
Amazing! Thanks to Christal!

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Tagged with: Berkley Books • bladed weapons • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • John Pound • Kevin O'Donnell • monsters
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